Madison, Wisconsin, May 2013. Dahlias were a favorite of my maternal Grandmother Jadzė.
Showing posts with label dahlias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dahlias. Show all posts
May 8, 2016
August 19, 2015
Chilly
Kaunas, Lithuania, October 1968. My paternal Grandmother Tatjana's friend sent this photo to show the Dahlias still blooming.
March 29, 2015
A Closer Look (Part 26)
Kaunas, Lithuania, 1940. My Dad enjoys the summer before he enrolls in college.
Here's the original post.
September 10, 2013
April 8, 2013
Suzanne with Dahlias
Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1935. Suzanne, the wife of my Dad's cousin Henry, poses with dahlias. The photo is similar to one of Natasha. Dahlias were popular flowers in pre-war Lithuania.
Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this photo available to us.
September 2, 2012
Flower Show
Penza, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Autumn 1959. Natasha, a younger sister of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, attends a flower show in her home town.
September 1, 2012
Childhood Garden
Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1935. This is the backyard of my Mom's childhood home. Her Mother, Jadzė, liked to garden. Along both sides of the walkway grew Dahlias ("Jurginai" in Lithuanian—or, "George Flowers"). To the left of the walkway was the vegetable garden, and to its right, Jadzė planted flowers. There also grew a number of grafted fruit trees. Jadzė's father, Silvestras, liked to train trees to produce different types of fruit. My Mom remembers, for example, that the apple trees often bore pears.
May 4, 2012
Thoughtful
Erlangen, Germany, 1946 or 1947. Mom contemplates the blossoms. The flowers likely are Dahlias; Mom does not recall that Zinnias grew in Germany.
UPDATE: In the comments, Peter Hoh identifies the flowers as Zinnias, and he points us to the German origins of Zinnias.
January 6, 2012
Natasha with a Dahlia
Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1958. Natasha admires a large specimen. This photo is from the "Grandma's family in Russia" envelope.
October 11, 2011
Twins in Their Prime
Kaunas, Lithuania, 1940. My handsome Dad, seated in the flowers, absorbs the admiration of his twin sister, my Aunt Jonė (standing on the far left), and two of her friends.
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